Daniel Lewis (footballer)

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Daniel Lewis
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Lewis warming up for Solihull Moors in 2017
Personal information
Full name Daniel Paul Lewis [1]
Date of birth (1982-06-18) 18 June 1982 (age 43) [2]
Place of birth Redditch, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Alvechurch
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Studley
2004–2006 Kidderminster Harriers 16 (0)
2006–2007 Moor Green
2007–2010 Redditch United
2010–2015 Kidderminster Harriers 169 (0)
2015–2017 Solihull Moors 49 (0)
2017–2024 Brackley Town 199 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Paul Lewis (born 18 June 1982) is an English retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last club was Brackley Town.

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Career

Born in Redditch, Worcestershire, [2] Lewis played for the youth team of Alvechurch and went on to play for Bromsgrove Sunday team Garringtons, where he conceded 40 goals in 37 games. [3] He left in 2002 for Studley and forced his way into the team, but had a trial at Kidderminster Harriers and joined them in May 2004. [3] His Football League debut came in a 3–0 defeat to Northampton Town on 7 May 2005. [4] He went on to make 15 appearances in the Conference National the following season, [5] after which he joined Moor Green in the Conference North. [3] After one season with Moor Green, he joined hometown club Redditch United in July 2007. [6]

He re-signed for Kidderminster on a one-year contract on 10 May 2010. [7] On 28 April 2015, it was announced that Lewis would be released to pursue a career outside full-time football. [8]

On 5 May 2015, Lewis signed for National League North side Solihull Moors. [9]

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Lewis joined Brackley Town. [10] In his first season with the club, Brackley won the FA Trophy, beating Bromley 5–4 on penalties in the final. [11] In 2022, after finishing second in the league, Lewis was named in the National League North 2021–22 Team of the Season. [12]

Honours

Brackley Town

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2010 and 31/07/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 369. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  3. 1 2 3 "Moors land new keeper". Non-League Daily. 21 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Northampton 3-0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Kidderminster 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Lewis". harriers-online.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  7. ↑ "Kidderminster Harriers sign Redditch keeper Danny Lewis". BBC Sport. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Lewis, Gittings and Nicholson released". BBC Sport. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Solihull Moors are bolstered by former Harriers heroes". Solihull News. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Danny Lewis signs for 2021/22 season". Brackley Town FC. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "FA Trophy final: Brackley Town beat Bromley 5-4 on penalties after 1-1 draw". BBC Sport. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  12. 1 2 "The National League North Big Winners Are Announced". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Paul Doyle (20 May 2018). "Andy Brown's decisive penalty wins FA Trophy for Brackley over Bromley". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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